Toy-bank cash register and indicator.



No. 669,625. Patented Mar. l2, i901.

w. L. DUNHANI. TOY BANK CASH REGISTER AND INDICATOR.

(Application filed Aug. 19. 1899.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

WVILLIAM L'OGAN DUNHAM, OF WVASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AS-

SIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE TOY BANK CO.,

OF ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.

TOY-BANK CASH REGISTER AND INDICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 669,625. dated March12, 1901.

Application filed August 19, 1899. Serial No. 727,859. \Nn model.)

To a whom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM LOGAN DUN- HAM, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia,

v have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Toy-Bank CashRegisters and Indicators; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableoth- IO ers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

The primary object of my invention is to afford a toy bank thatprovidesa convenient means for depositing coins of differentdenominations by themselves in different compartments in a money-drawer,as well as permitting of causing a sight registration or indication withaccuracy of the coin deposited.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents in perspective myimproved toy bank with the front plate removed, while Fig. 2 representsin cross-section the case and working parts. Fig. 3 represents in detaila fragmentary portion of the case and drawer in section.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures.

The working parts are inclosed in a suitableshaped case or receptacle A,which is provided 0 with a money-drawer B and a glass window C on itstop front portion. The drawer is provided with a handle D, and saiddrawer is subject to the action of the spring E, that is arranged inopposition thereto and which by its expansion quickly pushes the drawerout to its full limit when released by the operating lever-key F. Theoperating lever-key F consists of a bell-lever G, fulcrumed at m in theforward part of the case, the shorter arm 0 f of which is adapted tocatch and lock in the recess 71, formed in the side of the drawer, tonormally hold the drawer in a closed position. The short arm is providedwith a striker-arm j, that is adapted in its movement to contact withthe bell g, conveniently arranged within its path of travel. Under thisconstruction and arrangement of parts when the lever-key F is depressedthe drawer will be released and in consequence of the force of thespring E will fly outward to the position shown in Fig. 2 and the alarmwill be sounded.

The drawer is divided by partitions a into a series of compartments 1,2, 3, 4, and 5,which are intended for the reception of coins ofdifferent denominations, such as one-cent, fivecent, ten-cent,twenty-five-cent, and fiftycent pieces. Pivotally arranged in the rearportion and on a level with the top of each compartment is a pivotedcoin-platform II, that is accessible from the top of the drawer and thatoccupies a space transversely nearly equal to the width of thecompartment and which is adapted to swing from a normally horizontal toan inclined position, according to the reciprocation of the drawer. Eachplatform is made heavier on the front side of its pivot than on theother, while attached to its rear side is the rearwardly and upwardlyextending counter-balancing indicator or tablet 7o rod I, carrying anindicator-tablet J at its free end, which indicator-rod is arranged andadapted to be thrown to a position to expose its tablet behind thecovered window C. This indicator-rod counterbalances the plat- 5 form IIand normally travels in a pathway indicated by the dotted lines Z duringthe reciprocation of the drawer, and when the drawer is in a closedposition the indicator rod normally holds the tablet unexposed in therear top portion of the case; but when a coin has been deposited onanyone of the platforms the tendency to overbalance the indicator ortablet rod causes said rod to travel in the pathway indicated by dottedlines Z, and the tablet thereon is carried to a point immediatelyadjacent to the window C, where it is exposed to view.

The drawer is covered on its front top portion by a plate of glass L,that extends back to a point where it approximately meets the series ofcoin-platforms ranged in a given line, and thereby serves to prevent theintroduction of the hand into the compartments of the money-drawer,while it does satisfactorily exhibit the coins in the respectivecompartments.

A coin after being inserted or placed on a given platform depresses saidplatform to an inclined position, so that said coin can slip IOO easilydown into the drawer by reason of the agitation and tipping thereof,which tipping of said platform is increased, so as to dis charge thecoin as the drawer is pushed in, by reason of the upward forward tiltingof the attached in dicator-rod, which in its travel upward istilted-forward on account of its sliding contact against theguiding-piece in the front top portion of the bank.

Each platform and indicator is automatically reset when the drawer isreleased by the lever-key by reason of gravity operating on theindicator-rod, which is allowed to drop out of sight.

Having described my invention, what I desire to claim as new and usefulis 1. In asight-payment toy-bank cash register and indicator thecombination with a receptacle, a money-drawer operating within thebottom of said receptacle, a plurality of pivoted platforms, accessiblefrom the top of the drawer, for the reception of coins, which areadapted to swing from a horizontal to an inclined position with relationto the top of the drawer, a like series of rearwardly and upwardlyextending counterbalaucing indicating tablet rods, that are individuallyjoined with the respective pivoted platforms, and that are arranged tobe simultaneously raised and lowered to a predetermined extent with thepivoted platforms, by the reciprocation of the drawer; and which areadapted to be individually and independently raised to apredeterminedposition of exposure when the drawer is pushed in, and any one of thepivoted platforms is overbalanced by a deposited coin, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a sight-payment toy-bank cash register and indicator, thecombination with a receptacle having a transparent top front portion, amoney-drawer operating within the bottom of said receptacle, a pluralityof pivoted platforms, accessible from the top of the drawer for thereception of coins, which are adapted to swing from a horizontal to aninclined position with relation to the top of the drawer, a like seriesof rearwardly and upwardly extending counterbalancing indicat ingtablet-rods, that are individually joined with the respective pivotedplatforms, and that are arranged to be simultaneously raised and loweredto a predetermined extent with the pivoted platforms, by thereciprocation of the drawer; and which are adapted to be individuallyand independently raised to a predetermined position of exposureadjacent. to the transparent top front portion, when the drawer ispushed in, and any one of the pivoted platforms is overbalanced by adeposited coin; said indicating-rods having means for varying theindividual weight-adjustment thereof; and means for locking the drawerand indicator-rod mechanism in a raised exposed position when the draweris pushed in to its full limit, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a reciprocating drawer of a pivoted platformaccessible from the top of the drawer, and adapted to swing from ahorizontal to an inclined position, a counterbalancing indicatingtablet-rod, that is adapted to be raised and lowered with thecooperating pivoted platform, to a predetermined extent, by thereciprocation of the drawer 5 and which is adapted to be raised to apredetermined position of exposure, when the pivoted platform isoverbalanced with a deposited coin, and the drawer is pushed in to itsfull limit, substantially as described.

at. The combination with a casing and a drawer, of a coin-receivercarried by the drawer, and tilting means for discharging the coin fromthe receiver into the drawer by the act of closing the latter.

5. The combination with a casing and its drawer, of a coin-receiver,carried by the drawer, means for discharging the coin from the receiverinto the drawer by the act of closing the latter and anormally-concealed indicator actuated by the coin-carrier when a coin isplaced therein to bring said indicator into view when the drawer isclosed.

6. The combination with a casing having a sight-opening a partition inthe rear thereof, and a drawer, of an indicator, normally con- ,cealedbehind the said partition, a coin-receiver mounted on the drawer andconnected to the indicator, and adapted to receive a coin when thedrawer is open, the weight of the coin serving to move the indicatorforwardly from behind said partition and the closing of the drawerserving to discharge the coin into the drawer and to raise the indicatorin range of the sight-opening.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM LOGAN DUNHAM.

Vitnesses:

J OSEPH W. BUELL, F. E. NEWTON.

